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Event Reports
New Mechanisms Express
Side Events at SB36 and RIO+20
The New Mechanisms about to Be Launched
SB36
RIO+20
MOEJ and its partner organizations – GEC, IGES and OECC –
jointly organized a side event titled, “Toward the Establishment of
the Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism (BOCM) – Utilization to
Support the NAMA Implementation” at the 36th session of the
Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) of the UNFCCC in Bonn,
Germany on 17 May 2012.
The event featured the situation of NAMAs development in two
of Japan’s partner countries: Mongolia and Laos and Japan’s
efforts to support them through the BOCM. Specifically, MOEJ
outlined the basic concepts of the BOCM and Japan’s activities
for its establishment; GEC explained about its MRV demonstration
and BOCM feasibility studies; IGES detailed capacity building for
the development of MRV methodologies applicable to the BOCM;
and OECC gave explanations about the New Mechanisms
Information Platform – a website that disseminates information
on the abovementioned activities of Japan to push forward the
development of NAMAs and the BOCM.
Held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 13 to 22 June 2012, the United
Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) – better
known as Rio+20 – was the third major international conference on
sustainable development with the goal of reconciling economic
growth and environmental protection across the planet. Also, it was
the opportunity for the international community to assess the
progress made on this issue in the course of twenty years following
the 1992 Earth Summit held in the same city. Rio+20 adopted as the
primary result of the conference a nonbinding document titled “The
Future We Want,” which calls for the development of “Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).”
This historic event provided the three partner organizations of MOEJ
– GEC, IGES and OECC – with the opportunity to organize a side
event titled, “For Achieving a Low Carbon Society supported by New
Market Mechanisms” at the Japan Pavilion on 16 June 2012. The
three organizations discussed how MOEJ plans to contribute to
creating a low carbon society through the establishment of the
BOCM, which was followed by a heated discussion among the
participants of the event.
Conference Hall at SB36
Meeting Venue of RIO+20
Side Event at SB 36
New Mechanisms Information Platform
Side Event at RIO+20
What’s New
Additional Information on the Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism (BOCM)
Additional information on the BOCM has been added to the New Mechanisms
Information Platform website. The following page explains the three major objectives of the
BOCM and lists relevant materials of the government and the MOEJ:
Event Reports Side Events at SB36 and RIO+20
New Mechanisms Information Platform
What’s New
Special Report 1
Human Capacity Building for NAMAs Development and MRV Implementation
■ Background and Objectives
The Overseas Environmental
Cooperation Center (OECC) has been
implementing a project titled “Human
Capacity Building for NAMAs
Development and MRV Implementation
in Developing Countries” on behalf of
the Ministry of the Environment of
Japan (MOEJ) for the fiscal year 2012.
The Copenhagen Agreement adopted
at COP15 calls on the developing
country parties to make a submission
Kick-off meeting for NAMAs development in Cambodia
Geothermal heat pumping site in Mongolia
of their Nationally Appropriate
Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) to the UNFCCC secretariat; about 40 member states have completed this task so far. In this context, Annex 1
countries are expected to support NAMAs development, including establishment of methodologies for measurement, reporting and
verification (MRV) in developing countries.
The Japanese government is of the view that the proposed Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism (BOCM) can be implemented hand in hand
with NAMAs. In this context, the project aims to build human and institutional capacities for NAMAs development and MRV implementation,
thereby contributing to creating a low carbon society in Japan’s partner countries.
■ Project Outline
The proposed project aims to build human and institutional capacities for NAMAs
development and MRV implementation in a selected sector in the following Asian
partners: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Mongolia and Vietnam. To this end, it is above all needed
to quantify the current total Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in the selected sector in
each country, which will be followed by the identification of a business-as-usual (BAU)
scenario (reflecting the historical GHG emissions trend) and an alternative NAMAs
scenario, which takes into account mitigation actions based on NAMAs. It is important
to fully consider the respective national circumstances of each country – in particular
different needs for capacity building – and design NAMAs accordingly.
It is recommended for those who are interested in the BOCM to check this page on a
regular basis for the latest information.
Shibakoen Annex 7th floor
3-1-8, Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011
Tel: +81-(0)3-5472-0144 Fax: +81-(0)3-5472-0145
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.mmechanisms.org/e/
Special Report 2
Human Capacity Building for NAMAs Development and
MRV Implementation
Adoption of MRV Demonstration and BOCM/CDM Feasibility Studies
for the Fiscal Year 2012
Towards NAMAs Development and MRV Implementation in Asia
http://www.mmechanisms.org/e/initiatives/index.html
Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC)
Special Report 1
August 2012
No.5
The publication of this booklet is
entrusted to OECC by the MOEJ.
古紙パルプ配合率１００％再生紙を使用
Utilizing 100％ post-consumer
recycled paper pulp
Mongolia
Lao PDR
Vietnam
Cambodia
■ The Way Forward
It is imperative to further enhance mitigation actions in developing countries in order to lower the overall GHG emission levels
compared to the BAU scenario. The project aims to contribute to this ultimate objective by sharing low-carbon technologies of the
Japanese private sector with the partner countries through workshops in the respective countries and a series of training in Japan, in
which full consideration will be given to the unique national circumstances of each country.
Special Report 2
Adoption of MRV Demonstration and BOCM/CDM Feasibility Studies for the Fiscal Year 2012
Adoption of 29 demonstration/feasibility studies for FY 2012
Sectors
MOEJ made the decision to provide funding for 13 MRV demonstration studies, 12 BOCM
feasibility studies and 4 CDM feasibility studies on 19 June 2012, following a rigorous
selection process.
The former two types of studies will be conducted with the goal of acquiring knowledge and
experience that would be useful for the establishment of the BOCM – which is to be launched
in 2013 by the Japanese government, whereas the third type of studies are expected to
explore the possibility of broadening the scope of the CDM, in terms of its geographical
coverage in particular, thus contributing to its overall improvement. The selected entities will
be conducting the studies until March 2013 in cooperation with the “host country
committees” on the BOCM and local verification bodies.
MRV Demonstration Studies
REDD+
Waste Management
Energy
Efficiency
Transport
Biomass
Renewable Energy
Europe
Region
The MRV demonstration studies will be conducted for ongoing projects/activities that can potentially be part of
the BOCM. The studies are expected to develop appropriate MRV methodologies, which will be applied to the
respective projects/activities in order to measure, report and verify the amount of GHG emission reductions in
cooperation with a local counterpart. The results thus obtained will subsequently be used to improve the original
methodologies, thereby more practical methodologies applicable to the BOCM will be developed.
Country
Sector
Southeast Asia
FS Implementing Entity
Implementation
BOCM Projects
MRV
Measurement
Reporting
Joint Implementation
Verification
Utilization
Methane Recovery and Utilization
from Livestock Manure with
Bio-digesters
Thailand
Mizuho Information &
Research Insitutute, Inc.
Bagasse-based Cogeneration at
Sugar Mill
Thailand
MRV DS Joint Venture of
Japan Weather Association
and Almec (tentative name)
Transport Modal Shift through
Construction of Mass Rapid Transit
(MRT) System
Thailand
Price Water house
Coopers Co., Ltd.
Energy Savings through Building
Energy Management System (BEMS)
Thailand
Smart Energy Co., Ltd.
Waste Heat Recovery System with
Cogeneration
Vietnam
Recycle One, Inc.
Integrated Energy Efficiency
Improvement at Beer Factory
Katahira & Engineers
International
Transportation Improvement through
introduction of Efficient Buses and
Provision of Good Services
Local Counterpart
BOCM Feasibility Studies
Region
The targets of the BOCM feasibility studies are potential projects/activities that can be part of the BOCM. The
purposes of these feasibility studies are threefold: 1. to develop MRV methodologies applicable to the respective
projects/activities; 2. to assess the possibility of each project/activity to be implemented under the BOCM; and 3. to
accumulate knowledge and experience acquired through the above-mentioned processes.
The expected outputs of the BOCM feasibility studies are the following: 1. development of specific eligibility
criteria for each methodology proposed; and 2. identification of data and formula(s) necessary for the calculation
of the total GHG emission reductions.
FS Implementing Entity
Development of
methodology
Laos
Local Verification Body
Country
Sector
MRV
The CDM feasibility studies are expected to contribute to broadening the scope of the CDM, whereby the mechanism will be
improved in the post-2012 framework, addressing the shortcomings of the current CDM. In this regard, the studies must
involve one of the following elements: 1. development of a standardized baseline; 2. development of a new CDM methodology;
3. contribution to redressing the uneven geographical distribution of the existing CDM projects. Four projects that meet the third
criterion were adopted this year; all of them will be implemented in LDCs with less than ten registered CDM projects at present.
Project Title
Sector
Project Title
EX Research Institute Ltd.
Biomass-based Thermal Energy
Generation to Displace Fossil Fuels
India
Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.
Bagasse-based Power Generation
including Waste Heat Utilization
Mongolia
Shimizu Corporation
Replacement of Coal-Fired Boiler
with Geo-Thermal Heat Pump for
Heating
Mongolia
Suuri-Keikaku Co., Ltd.
Upgrading and Installation of
High-Efficiency Heat Only Boilers
(HOBs)
Sri Lanka
East and
south Asia
Implementing Entity
North America
Mexico
Komaihaltec Inc.
Small-scale Wind Power Generation
with Remote Monitoring System
Europe
Moldova
Joint Venture of Mitsui
Consultants and Japan
Environmental Consultants
(tentative name)
Biomass Boiler Heating using
Agricultural Waste as Fuel
Region
Country
Sector
Implementing Entity
Project Title
Introduction of Electric Gate to
International Trade Port to Improve
Port-related Traffic Jam
Biogas-based Cogeneration with
Digestion of Methane from
Food/Beverage Factory Wastewater
Small-scale Biomass Power
Generation with Stirling Engine
Thailand
Chuo Fukken
Consultants Co., Ltd.
Cambodia
Conservation
International Japan
REDD+ in Tropical Lowland Forest
Vietnam
Tepia Corporation
Japan Co., Ltd
Indonesia
Hitachi Zosen Corporation
Solar-Diesel Hybrid Power Generation
to Stabilize Photovoltaic Power
Generation
Vietnam
Almec Corporation
Improvement of Vehicle Fuel
Efficiency through Introduction of
Eco-Drive Management System
Indonesia
Shimizu Corporation
Prevention of Peat Degradation through
Groundwater Management, and Rice
Husk-based Power Generation
Vietnam
Sumitomo Forestry
Co., Ltd.
REDD+ through Forest Management
Scheme, and Biomass-based Power
Generation using Timber Industry Waste
Indonesia
Mitsubishi UFJ Research
and Consulting Co., Ltd.
REDD+ for Conservation of Peat Swamp Forest, and
Biomass-based Power Generation using Timber Mill Waste to
Process Indigenous Trees Derived from Conserved Forest
Vietnam and
Indonesia
Mitsubishi Research
Institute, Inc.
Promotion of Modal Shift from
Road-based Transport to Mass Rapid
Transit System (MRT)
Laos
EX Research Institute Ltd.
Introduction of Mechanical Biological Treatment
(MBT) of Municipal Solid Waste, and Landfill Gas
(LFG) Capture, Flaring and Utilization
South America
Colombia
Mitsubishi Research
Institute, Inc.
Geothermal Power Generation to
Stabilize Photovoltaic Power
Generation
Implementing Entity
Project Title
Region
Country
Region
Country
Southeast Asia
Myanmar
Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan
Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.
Landfill Gas (LFG) Recovery and
Utilization for Electric Power
Generation
Nepal
Tepia Corporation Japan
Co., Ltd
Programme to Reduce Non-Renewable
Biomass Consumptions through Introduction
of High-Efficiency Cook Stoves
South Asia
Country
Pro-Material Co., Ltd.
Southeast Asia
Local Counterpart
CDM Feasibility Studies
Implementing Entity
Region
Cambodia
BOCM Projects
Inputs
Project Title
Japan NUS Co., Ltd.
Joint Implementation
Implementation
Implementing Entity
Cambodia
Solid line : implying the entity concerned is the main implementing agency
Dashed line : implying the entity concerned makes use of outputs, such as methodologies for measurement
Development of
methodology
Americas
Asia
Sector
Southeast Asia
Bangladesh
Sector
Implementing Entity
PEAR Carbon Offset
Initiative, Ltd.
Programme for Integrated Energy
Efficiency Improvement of Dyeing
Process
Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan
Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.
Rural Electrification through
Expansion of Electric Grid mainly
composed of Hydropower
South Asia
Bhutan
Project Title
Event Reports
New Mechanisms Express
Side Events at SB36 and RIO+20
The New Mechanisms about to Be Launched
SB36
RIO+20
MOEJ and its partner organizations – GEC, IGES and OECC –
jointly organized a side event titled, “Toward the Establishment of
the Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism (BOCM) – Utilization to
Support the NAMA Implementation” at the 36th session of the
Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) of the UNFCCC in Bonn,
Germany on 17 May 2012.
The event featured the situation of NAMAs development in two
of Japan’s partner countries: Mongolia and Laos and Japan’s
efforts to support them through the BOCM. Specifically, MOEJ
outlined the basic concepts of the BOCM and Japan’s activities
for its establishment; GEC explained about its MRV demonstration
and BOCM feasibility studies; IGES detailed capacity building for
the development of MRV methodologies applicable to the BOCM;
and OECC gave explanations about the New Mechanisms
Information Platform – a website that disseminates information
on the abovementioned activities of Japan to push forward the
development of NAMAs and the BOCM.
Held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 13 to 22 June 2012, the United
Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) – better
known as Rio+20 – was the third major international conference on
sustainable development with the goal of reconciling economic
growth and environmental protection across the planet. Also, it was
the opportunity for the international community to assess the
progress made on this issue in the course of twenty years following
the 1992 Earth Summit held in the same city. Rio+20 adopted as the
primary result of the conference a nonbinding document titled “The
Future We Want,” which calls for the development of “Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).”
This historic event provided the three partner organizations of MOEJ
– GEC, IGES and OECC – with the opportunity to organize a side
event titled, “For Achieving a Low Carbon Society supported by New
Market Mechanisms” at the Japan Pavilion on 16 June 2012. The
three organizations discussed how MOEJ plans to contribute to
creating a low carbon society through the establishment of the
BOCM, which was followed by a heated discussion among the
participants of the event.
Conference Hall at SB36
Meeting Venue of RIO+20
Side Event at SB 36
New Mechanisms Information Platform
Side Event at RIO+20
What’s New
Additional Information on the Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism (BOCM)
Additional information on the BOCM has been added to the New Mechanisms
Information Platform website. The following page explains the three major objectives of the
BOCM and lists relevant materials of the government and the MOEJ:
Event Reports Side Events at SB36 and RIO+20
New Mechanisms Information Platform
What’s New
Special Report 1
Human Capacity Building for NAMAs Development and MRV Implementation
■ Background and Objectives
The Overseas Environmental
Cooperation Center (OECC) has been
implementing a project titled “Human
Capacity Building for NAMAs
Development and MRV Implementation
in Developing Countries” on behalf of
the Ministry of the Environment of
Japan (MOEJ) for the fiscal year 2012.
The Copenhagen Agreement adopted
at COP15 calls on the developing
country parties to make a submission
Kick-off meeting for NAMAs development in Cambodia
Geothermal heat pumping site in Mongolia
of their Nationally Appropriate
Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) to the UNFCCC secretariat; about 40 member states have completed this task so far. In this context, Annex 1
countries are expected to support NAMAs development, including establishment of methodologies for measurement, reporting and
verification (MRV) in developing countries.
The Japanese government is of the view that the proposed Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism (BOCM) can be implemented hand in hand
with NAMAs. In this context, the project aims to build human and institutional capacities for NAMAs development and MRV implementation,
thereby contributing to creating a low carbon society in Japan’s partner countries.
■ Project Outline
The proposed project aims to build human and institutional capacities for NAMAs
development and MRV implementation in a selected sector in the following Asian
partners: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Mongolia and Vietnam. To this end, it is above all needed
to quantify the current total Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in the selected sector in
each country, which will be followed by the identification of a business-as-usual (BAU)
scenario (reflecting the historical GHG emissions trend) and an alternative NAMAs
scenario, which takes into account mitigation actions based on NAMAs. It is important
to fully consider the respective national circumstances of each country – in particular
different needs for capacity building – and design NAMAs accordingly.
It is recommended for those who are interested in the BOCM to check this page on a
regular basis for the latest information.
Shibakoen Annex 7th floor
3-1-8, Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0011
Tel: +81-(0)3-5472-0144 Fax: +81-(0)3-5472-0145
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.mmechanisms.org/e/
Special Report 2
Human Capacity Building for NAMAs Development and
MRV Implementation
Adoption of MRV Demonstration and BOCM/CDM Feasibility Studies
for the Fiscal Year 2012
Towards NAMAs Development and MRV Implementation in Asia
http://www.mmechanisms.org/e/initiatives/index.html
Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC)
Special Report 1
August 2012
No.5
The publication of this booklet is
entrusted to OECC by the MOEJ.
古紙パルプ配合率１００％再生紙を使用
Utilizing 100％ post-consumer
recycled paper pulp
Mongolia
Lao PDR
Vietnam
Cambodia
■ The Way Forward
It is imperative to further enhance mitigation actions in developing countries in order to lower the overall GHG emission levels
compared to the BAU scenario. The project aims to contribute to this ultimate objective by sharing low-carbon technologies of the
Japanese private sector with the partner countries through workshops in the respective countries and a series of training in Japan, in
which full consideration will be given to the unique national circumstances of each country.